Not long ago the smart lamp was $100. Now it’s set at $50.

The Lightify family of networked lighting products will get several new members at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, including outdoor RGB strips, and wireless switch and plug products.

The buck-topology driver from Cypress Semiconductor can operate at switching frequencies in excess of 2 MHz, which means that the driver electronics can fit a tiny footprint with small magnetic components.

Networking technology has become increasingly important in LED-based lighting, but the SSL sector is hampered by the lack of interoperable standards and the Consumer Electronics Show should see progress on that conundrum.

Strategies in Light (SIL) conference co-chair and Strategies Unlimited research director PHILIP SMALLWOOD drives home that wireless standard protocols are reaching a critical decision point in this rundown of the connected lighting panel to be held during the event in Santa Clara this March.

A custom phosphor mix applied on LEDs delivers spectral power distributions matched to specific plant types and stages of plant growth while also delivering white light.

Indoor positioning using LEDs can help stores engage and sell to brick-and-mortar customers as if they were online.

Nothing can be more of a turn-on than talk.

German lighting giant says it’s still on schedule for April 1 “carve-out” of group now called LEDVANCE.

The violet emitter and three-phosphor formulation used in Soraa’s SSL products are finding success in color-critical applications such as the Crosswater bathroom fixture showroom and in similar retail and gallery settings.